Hello, my name is Jelena Popovic and I'm 26 years old and currently living in Serbia and Montenegro. I am a native English speaker and teach English, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian. I have been an online English teacher with Verbalplanet.com since July 2016.
I can speak the following languages fluently: English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian.
I am currently offering a discounted initial trial lesson at 50% of my normal lesson price for new students.

Jelena Popovic

Detailed Profile in English

About me

Hello!

I am Jelena, a certified English teacher from Serbia, thank you for your interest in my profile! :)

I have been teaching English online since 2011 and my experience is measured in hundreds of satisfied students from all around the globe. I am looking forward to helping all of my students improve their spoken or written English skills, as nowadays being able to speak English fluently allows you to work and/or communicate with people all over the world.

If you would like to up your English skills with me, either in a strictly professional manner or a relaxed conversation with a cup of tea or coffee, feel free to send me a message and we will arrange our classes in the most suitable way for both of us. I am very friendly, open-minded and interested in various subjects, so I am sure we can easily find a common interest to start with.

Let's have a good and productive time and make learning enjoyable!

See you! :)

Qualifications & Experience

I have graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, English Language and Literature Department, and I have successfully passed the Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages course, which makes me fully qualified to teach English both as a foreign and as a second language. I have also acquired a TEFL certificate back in 2016. As far as my work experience is concerned, so far I have worked as a high-school English teacher for one semester, I have been working as a home-based and online English teacher since 2012.

Teaching Approach

The most important thing in learning a foreign language is motivation, and the easiest way to be motivated is to have fun learning. This is the reason why conducting fun and interesting classes is my top priority. If the students feel comfortable in classes, they will also feel comfortable learning the language. Also, since every language is more than just grammar and rules, I highly recommend that conversation should be the primary method of learning or practicing a language, because it is the closest to real-life situations - if you want to communicate in any language, merely knowing the rules will not be so helpful, but the habit of forming sentences spontaneously surely will.

In my lessons, students can also be the ones who decide on the topic of the lesson. I will be more than happy to discuss or just listen about the students' interests, experiences, hobbies etc. Of course, if grammar is the point the students want to work on, I will be very glad to help with that as well. I am a teacher with whom you can improve your writing, reading, listening or speaking skills while having fun, so I am looking forward to helping you with any aspect of English, Serbian, Bosnian or Croatian.